Excerpt from Chinook as Spoken by the Indians of Washington Territory, British Columbia and Alaska: For the Use of Traders, Tourists and Others Who Have Business Intercourse With the Indians; Chinook-English; English-Chinook<br><br>In issuing this revised Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, the object is to place in the hands of those who have business intercourse with the Indians of the Pacific coast, as well as to tourists and others, a means of making themselves understood by the natives Where the Chinook is spoken. This work has been carefully revised; the spelling simplified, and the arrangement of words and sentences concentrated, so that the pronunciation, and the way in which the words are used may at once be seen.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.